Daily Republican., 1887-07-22
SLEEP ON A FARM.

know me yet if it could get sight of
me, but it can't.
II went out. you know. by the ad-
vice Of physician. Said he: You
need outdoor exercise, and above all,
sleep, such long, quiet nights sleep as
you can only find in the country away
from the noise and heat of the city,
with the great open windows and the
cool anu velve,y breeze floating
through your room all night long,
with perhaps an occasional night with
the pattering rain upon the roof to lull
you to sleep That's what the doctor
said.
80 l hired out to a farmer to work
all summer He said l was so white
and pale that he couldn't give me any.
thing but my board for my services,
but if | wanted to work for that l
might climb in behind the seat and
| tide out.
$50 did. He had one mule and
one horse and the mule baked every
| time we went up hill, and they both
tried to run away on the level. lie
drove them with race chain tiei on
u white ash axle helve.
"But we got out there at last. l
don want to tell you anything about
the work to -day-1 haven't time-but
feel as if must say something about
| those long nights sleep.
1.-THE Fl. st night We got home late,
hut still the sun was only nicely down.
The sun sets about two hours later out
there than anywhere else in the known
world.
"Aiter supper the farm er spent one
hour and half telling me about the
flax crop on the back forty. and then
be reckored we better milk. There
were twelve cows and he said each
would take six. He gave me the
lkickers and it took me two hours, and
it had been dark long while when l
finished Then he had me pump Up
water for the next day. And it ,ook
me forty minutes. Then l filled the
wood box aad split the kndling wood
! And as it was big box it took thirty
minutes. Then he told me about the
oat crop, which took an hour. And
I when | went to bed it was growing
i light in the east.
"The window in the room was a
4 pain of glass nailed over an irregular
: hole in the boards and could not be
opened. l felt around in the dim light
land finally got into bed. had JUS
fallen asleep and had begun to dream
Twas lying along the ridge-pole of {
ldouble bumped camel when fhe farmer
Ipounded on the stairs with an ole
Ibroomstick and said breakfast wal
Iready. | couldn't see as it was an,
Lighter than when l went to bed
Though the sky in the east was littl'
Ircddcr.
Il will pass over the day, as it /
painful to recall. Or rather the da,
and the last end of one night and frs
lend of another, for we were in the hay
field sixteen hours.
"And that evening after supper h
Isaid might throw the dirt out OF
. lnew cellar while rested.
"Then we MIXED, and he CAV, m
q leight cows instead of six-all kickers
> And one of them was hooker, toe
!; and slammed me through the corn
lcrib.
, Il got to bed an hour sooner thai
the night before because he said he wa
Il thinking some of getting up early tn
next morning.
"And that nigA it rained and hear
the pleasant patter of the rain on tn
roof that that old fraud OF docto
spoke about. But it didn't lull me
sleep because it leaked down on m
and got the bed clothes all wet, and
caught cold.
3. "And when the farmer pounded o
j. the stairs l got up and looked at m
e watch. and had been abed an hot
and forty minutes. And my cloth'
were wet and there was water in n
tshoes.
"But it was good day and v
worked at the hay again. We move
ldown what the farmer called 'slathe
f., of it. And that night after had res
- ed awhile on the cellar and MIXED Il
twelve cows-twelve kickers-and OF
of them thought was trying to kidnl
her calf and chased me out of the va
1.-The farmer said it looked like RI
tagain and he reckoned we'd better
out and cock up the hay before be
r thine.
Il "And before we got to the field
,rt saw the morning star, and when h
= got up twelve punches of hay and
old hypocrite of farmer four, hea
~, lark. Then when l had up twent
N four bunches and the farmer six il
gan to grow quite light.
"When the farmer saw it he ID
. down on the hay and laughed for t
minutes, He said we had work
fright through the night without kno
y, ling it.
III "But l had known more about
THAN he thought had.
1--WE worked an hour longer a
ti5 Ithen went to the house and | mike
b eakfast wasn't quite ready, nd
:, Threw couple of cubic yards of sa
I Iour of the bottom OF the cellar.
~ "And while we were eating
farmer told me to hurry, because
lwould like to get in one full da
work during haying. l said | wol
ltoo, and that would stop and go ,
a, land harness the horses. And he ST
Gli THAT was business, and went out a
ran down the road and walked il
oZ, town.
,a1 "And now am looking for that
'o@ liar of a physician and surgeon W
AL told me about the long nights sleel
would get on farm"
II For dry socdL--Cian:r & Co.